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2511. Add MS 54184

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Title:
CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND: 'Historia Anglorum' of Henry of Huntingdon, 'Annales Regum Anglie' of Nicholas Trevet, and the 'Continuatio Chronicarum' ascribed to Adam Murimuth, probably written at Ramsey Abbey, co. Hunt.; early-mid 14th cent. (scripts). Latin. Names of abbots of Ramsey from 993 are entered at the top of each page throughout the volume, together with marginal memoranda of events relating to the abbey, all in late medieval hands. Marginals, etc., in 16th and 17th-cent. hands also oc...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Brown calf, back cover only: 18th cent. England General: Ramsey Abbey; Huntingdonshire: Henry of Huntingdon, 'Historia Anglorum', etc., written at Ramsey Abbey: 14th cent: Lat. includes: ff. 1-48v Henry, of Huntingdon: 'Historia Anglorum': 14th cent: Lat.ff. 49-130v Nich...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:
1 item

2512. Add MS 54196

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'HORTUS CHRISTIANUS': 1800 elegaic couplets on scriptural themes by Wilhelm Philipp Würdtwein, dedicated to Johann Franz Wolfgang Damian, Count of Ostein (1694-aft. 1740), Canon of Würzburg Cathedral and adviser to the Archbishop of Maintz; mid 18th cent. Autograph. Latin. The recipient's elder brother, Johann Friedrich Carl, Count of Ostein (d.1763), became Archbishop of Maintz in 1743, and the family arms appear in a frontispiece drawing (f. 3v). The couplets are in the form of chronograms...
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End-papers: German, decorative stamped paper in gold and red: 18th cent. Bindings GERMAN: Brown calf, spine gilt-stamped: 18th cent. Poetry LATIN: Wilhelm Philipp Würdtwein: Johann Franz Wolfgang Damian, Count of Ostein; Canon of Würzburg Cathedral: Chronograms: 'Hortus Christianus' by Wilhelm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

2513. Add MS 54224-54226

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Title:
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY AUTOGRAPHS: letters and other documents, formerly exhibited in the Gallery with the associated portraits; early 16th cent.-1909. Mostly autograph. Some French, Italian and Spanish. Arranged in alphabetical order. A number of the items are addressed to Antonio Panizzi, K.C.B. 1869, Principal Librarian of the British Museum. Presented by the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery, 9 Dec. 1967. Chiefly paper. Three volumes. British Library arangement.
Scope & Content:
Sir Anthony Panizzi, KCB; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letters to: 1827-1870.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
Early 16th century-1909
Extent:
3 items

2514. Add MS 54227

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 92. British Library arrangement. A. Comparative sketch-plans of the Temple in Jerusalem and a Christian church, etc., made by Major-General Charles George Gordon while in Jerusalem; 1883. Ink. With signature. Presented by Bernard Gordon Guy, Esq., 10 Feb. 1968. ff. 1-2. 405 x 280mm. B. Account of Abraham Cowper for the provision of sweet wines to the Royal Household (1609-1610), authorized for payment by Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, an...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-2 Architecture: Maps and Plans: Jerusalem: Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB: Sketch-plans of the Temple at Jerusalem, etc., by Maj.-Gen. Charles George Gordon: 1883: Signed.f. 3 Sir Julius Caesar, judge: Signature: 1610.f. 3 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Ear...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1610-1918
Extent:
1 item

2515. Add MS 54228

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Title:
HOTOT ESTATE BOOK: a collection of estate records of the Hotot family of Clapton al. Clopton, co. Northt., concerning their property in Clapton, elsewhere in Northamptonshire, and in Turvey, co. Bedf.; mid-late 13th cent. Latin. Compiled by Richard Hotot (fl. 1212-1250) and his son Thomas. The manuscript was bound as one item stamped with a letter 'A' on the binding when it was used, circa 1719-1720, by John Bridges, the historian of Northamptonshire (d.1724), who annotated the volume heavil...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Covers, brown calf, blind-stamped: 18th cent. Richard Hotot, of Clapton: Estate book of: 13th cent: Lat. Thomas Hotot, of Clapton: Estate book of: 13th cent: Lat. John Bridges, antiquary: Annotated: 18th cent. Clapton, alias Clopton, Northamptonshire: Estate book rel. to: 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 item

2516. Add MS 54229-54323*

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Title:
MILLAR BEQUEST
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts bequeathed to the British Museum by Dr Eric George Millar (1887-1966), Keeper of Manuscripts 1944-1947. See also Add. 54179-54180 and Add. Chs. 75641-75722. See The Eric George Millar Bequest of Manuscripts and Drawings 1967. A Commemorative Volume. BMQ, xxxiii, 1-2 (1968). Acquire...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[1150-1999]
Extent:
95 items

2517. Add MS 54324

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Title:
Three bifolia of polyphonic music
Scope & Content:
POLYPHONIC MUSIC: three bifolia of polyphonic music, being fragments from a lost manuscript; mid-late 15th cent. Latin text. The fragments contain unique material, including works by Dunstable and Plummer. Five line staves. Numbers of stave to page as follows: 12 (ff. 1, 5); 11 (ff. 1v-2, 3v-4, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Middle of the 15th century-Late 15th century
Extent:

3 bifolia

2518. Add MS 54332-54334

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Title:
OXENDEN MANUSCRIPTS: commonplace book, etc., of Henry Oxen-den (1609-1670), poet, of Barham, co. Kent; circa 1630-1668. Autograph. Partly printed. Partly Latin and Greek. For related manuscripts of the Oxenden family, including other commonplace books of Henry Oxenden, see Add. 27999-28013. Loaned to the British Museum in 1929 (Loan MS. 18) by Muriel, Lady Capel Cure, daughter of Sir Percy Dixwell-Oxenden, 10th Bart. Presented by the executor of the will of Muriel, Lady Capel Cure, 28 April ...
Scope & Content:
Commonplace Books: Heraldry: Genealogies: Henry Oxenden, poet: Oxenden family: Genealogical and personal memoranda of Henry Oxenden: circa 1630-1668: Partly Gk. and Lat.: Autogr. and printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1630-1668
Extent:
3 items

2519. Add MS 54782

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Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hastings Hours', or 'London Hours of William Lord Hastings')
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar. ff. 13r-17v: Gospel extracts. ff. 19r-72r: Devotions, consisting of a prayer to Christ, a memorial to the Trinity, Psalm 53 followed by a prayer to Christ and Psalm 129, two prayers to the Virgin, a prayer to Christ, the Eight Verses of St Bernard, memorials...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1480
Extent:

Parchment codex

2520. Add MS 54783

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Title:
MANUAL OF PRAYERS: written in Italy, possibly Naples; early 16th cent. Latin. See G. Warner, Descriptive Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts in the Library of C. W. Dyson Perrins (1920), i, pp. 207-208, ii, pl. lxxx b. Purchased of Gruel, Paris, 1908. Dyson Perrins MS. 93 (label, f. iii; formerly labelled 19, f. vi; bookplate, f. iv). Bequeathed by Mrs Florence Winifred Midwood Perrins, 8 Feb. 1969. Vellum; ff. vi+92. 110 x 70mm. Sec. fol.: 'meis stratum'. Gatherings (12) of 8, except iii...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Black morocco, gold-tooled, possibly Neapolitan: early 16th cent. Liturgies LATIN: Prayers and Devotions: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Manual of Prayers, from(?) Naples: early 16th cent.: Lat. includes: f. iv Bookplates and Book-stamps: Charles William Dyson Pe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
1 item

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